Life... One Day at a Time: November 2017

Sunday, November 5, 2017

Packing Samaritan's Purse Gift Boxes

We have packed gift boxes to support Samaritan's Purse for several years. It's fun to pull the girls in to help decide what to buy and pick out fun things that other kids just don't have the opportunity to afford or find. We feel like this is a huge life lesson for the kids and we always want them to be kind and generous people.

Christmas Shopping

I remember getting the Christmas Catalog every year from Sears and scouring the pages with my brother. We'd circle things and tab pages or leave clues on our parents pillows. So fun!!

This year we received a Christmas catalog from Target and the girls were so excited! It brought back so many memories. We asked them to go through the catalog and circle what they really want for Christmas. I'm pretty sure they studied the catalog and reviewed it at least 10 times. So then when each page of the catalog looks like this...

...we had to do a little more investigating but basically I think we could get them anything and they'd be happy!!

So fun and they're definitely helping me to get in the spirit of the season!!

Ella's First Homework

Ella had her first homework this last month. "All about Ella"! She was a little shy about it at first but then she really got into it. She did such a good job and then got to share it with all her friends at class. Now when Ava works on homework, Ella sits down to work on it as well ;)

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Happy Halloween!

I have not always been a big fan of Halloween but I really do love trick or treating with the girls and seeing their excitement about the holiday. Now I think I get just as excited as the girls!!

This year Matt and I were able to join the girls for their school parties and parade.

Ella as Repunzel and her Pre-K class

Ava as Rainbow Dash and her Kindergarten Class

Then off for Trick or Treating! Since we're in an apartment right now we headed back to our old neighborhood for the evening. It was so fun to see some great friends and be back on our old stomping grounds.